MeaganMartin
mezzo-soprano
Events
Brightwork NEWMusic Benefit Concert
ERCOLE SU'L TERMODONTE
January 6, 7, 12, 14, 20, 21
Highland Park Ebell Club, Highland Park, CA
Originally scheduled for summer 2020, Ercole su'l Termodonte is finally happening! It's Hercules verses the Amazons in Pacific Opera Project's US premiere of this stunning Vivaldi opera. Ms. Martin portrays Antiope, the Queen of the Amazons, in this intimate setting with a small period orchestra. Kyle Naig conducts and Josh Shaw directs.
More information here.
songs to the moon
August 7, 2022, 4pm
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
Ms. Martin joins Neal Stulberg for a set of moon-themed art songs for voice and piano and a rare performance of George Crumb’s magical “Night of the Four Moons” with texts by Federico Garcia Lorca.
More information: Hammer Museum
Mak | Bach European
RECITAL Tour
July 2, 2022: Rector's Palace, Dubrovnik, Croatia
July 7: Auditorium Manzoni, Mottola, Italy
July 18: Katedrala, Gornji Grad, Slovenia
July 27: Orangerie im Burggarten, Graz, Austria
July 28: City Museum, Ljubljana, Slovenia
July 29: Romarski kompleks Tri Fare, Metlika, Slovenia
Ms. Martin joins GRAMMY-nominated guitarist Mak Grgić for an all-Bach program in a recital tour of Croatia, Italy, Austria and Slovenia.
More information: Mak Grgić, MAK | BACH
June 21, 2022
Monk Space, Los Angeles, CA
Ms. Martin joins artists from across the Los Angeles community in support of Brightwork newmusic. She and celebrated guitarist Mak Grgić will perform Giovanni Piacentini's Rosa Divina, a setting of three poems by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, which they premiered earlier this year.
More information: Brightwork newmusic
Mandell Collection Recital
June 12, 2022
Los Angeles, CA - Belmont Village
Ms. Martin and Mak Grgić partner up for a Bach-inspired recital program for the residents of Belmont Village.
More information: Mak Grgić, MAK | BACH
SNAPSHOT:
West Edge Opera
April 9-10, 2022
The Taube Atrium Theater at The Wilsey Center, San Francisco
Ms. Martin makes her company debut with West Edge Opera in their Snapshot concert series showcasing selections from five bold new works. Ms. Martin appears in Dark Horse and The School for Girls Who Lost Everything in the Fire, under the baton of Mary Chun.
More information: West Edge Opera
Unable to perform
due to Covid-19
World Premiere:
Rosa Divina
February 22, 2022
Los Angeles, CA - Schoenberg Hall, UCLA
Ms. Martin and GRAMMY-nominated guitarist Mak Grgić join forces at UCLA's Graduate Composers Recital for the world premiere of Rosa Divina, a stirring song cycle featuring music by composer Giovanni Piacentini and poetry by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.
Ticket information is here.
Streaming:
Elinor & Marianne
December 25-31, 2021
Online
Listen to The Rally Cat's recording of Aferdian and Marella Martin Koch's Elinor & Marianne, recorded at Sound on Sound Studios, via multiple limited-time streams. Ms. Martin portrays Elinor Dashwood alongside pianist Douglas Sumi, Jana McIntyre as Marianne, and pianist Chérie Roe.
More information: The Rally Cat
Recording:
Elinor & Marianne
November 20-21, 2021
New York, NY
Ms. Martin, soprano Jana McIntyre, and pianists Douglas Sumi and Chérie Roe give voice to the sisters at the heart of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility in this evocative two-singer, two-piano song cycle by composer Aferdian and librettist Marella Martin Koch. The recording is produced by The Rally Cat.
Workshop:
The Three Women of Jerusalem
October 15, 2021
Los Angeles, CA
Ms. Martin joins the team at LA Opera Connects as Love in the workshop of Carla Lucero's stirring new opera.
Persuasion song cycle
October 15, 2021
Chicago, IL - Virtual Participation
Ms. Martin sings three songs inspired by Jane Austen's Persuasion by composer Rachel DeVore Fogarty and librettist Douglas Murray. A recording of the songs, with the composer at the piano, will be played during Mr. Murray's presentation at the Jane Austen Society of North America's Annual General Meeting.
More information here.
AFTERNOON RECITALS
September 5 & October 10, 2021
Los Angeles, CA
Ms. Martin joins acclaimed guitarist Mak Grgić for two recitals for the residents of Belmont Village in Westwood.
More information here.
LA CENERENTOLA
August 27, 2021
The Ford, Los Angeles, CA
Ms. Martin portrays stepsister Tisbe and covers the title role in Pacific Opera Project's production of Rossini and Ferretti's beloved retelling of Cinderella. Kristin Roach conducts and Josh Shaw directs.
More information here.
